Vine St Leicester Roman Townhouse General Images Site Excavations
Group of 7 images, Vine St excavations, general images of the site excavations, including courtyard townhouse plan and overall working shots:
VineSt_BuildingGeneral.jpg
Image of Vine St site, general plan of excavated Roman townhouse, the excavation carried out on behalf of Hammerson plc by ULAS during 2004-2005 prior to development for the Highcross Shopping centre. Image shows a plan of the excavated features within the Roman courtyard townhouse phase of the site (Phase 3, 3rd century AD).
VineSt_GeneralFromAbove_2.jpg
Image of Vine St site, general view of excavations looking west, carried out on behalf of Hammerson plc by ULAS during 2004-2005 prior to development for the Highcross Shopping centre. Image shows archaeologists excavating features within the Roman townhouse, wall lines indicated by excavated trenches through robber backfill to the foundations. In the background excavation are Roman road surfaces.
VineSt_GeneralViewFromAboveAnnot.jpg
Image of Vine St site, annotated general view of excavation from above. Excavations looking south-west, carried out on behalf of Hammerson plc by ULAS during 2004-2005 prior to development for the Highcross Shopping centre. Image shows archaeologists. excavating features within the Roman townhouse, wall lines indicated by excavated trenches through robber backfill to the foundations. Annotation of main visible structures.
VineStGeneralOverhead.jpg
Image of Vine St site, general view of excavation from above. Looking west across south area of site, showing Roman road/street surfaces (left side) and Roman townhouse walls to the right.
VineStGeneralWholeSite.jpg
Image of Vine St site, general view of excavation from above looking south-west, shows the Roman townhouse layout. Most of the walls have been removed in the past, here represented by robber trenches. Some foundations survive e.g. see bottom right and top left. In the right background are street/road surfaces beyond the townhouse.
VineStTodayModern.jpg
Image of Vine St site, new building after excavation completed. Looking north-east.
VineStWorkingShot.jpg
Image of Vine St site, general working shot of Roman site. Archaeologists excavating the Roman and medieval deposits in the east of the site.
